Successes &amp; Failures in EU Cohesion Policy: An Introduction to EU cohesion policy in Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe

Musiałkowska, Ida; Idczak, Piotr; Potluka, Oto

doi:10.1515/9788395720451

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“…Besides, the settlements are not able (and perhaps do not want) to think in terms of micro-and macro-regional cooperation but rather try to obtain as many resources as possible from the central government as isolated units. In our opinion, this system primarily helps the central government achieve its goal of focusing on the maximum acquisition of EU funds (Nyikos & Soós, 2020) without consideration of efficiency or utility.…”

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Delays in Territorial Development – Case Study of the Hungarian Sand Ridge Region

Kovács,

Farkas,

Varjú

et al. 2024

Eur. XXI

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There are regions in Europe that are particularly vulnerable both environmentally and socially. Hungary's Sand Ridge in the Danube–Tisza Interfluve (Homokhátság in Hungarian) is considered such a region. The water balance of these lowland landscapes has been negative for decades, and complex ecological and social problems have escalated in parallel with aridification. Therefore, this region deserves special attention from the territorial development perspective. Over the last two decades, our successive studies have revealed that development policies in the region have been unsuccessful on multiple occasions, unable to alter the core negative trends significantly. We also noticed the mistakes and inertness of spatial planning when we worked on our current applied research: the Sand Ridge Regional Development Concept and Program. This study aims to explore deficiencies and shortcomings of the spatial policy and identify the factors that have slowed territorial development. Insights from interviews with experts and surveys conducted with local municipalities highlight that access to European Union funds has not alleviated long-standing conflicts. Resource-driven and uniform planning has become one of the main hindering factors. According to the experts, the necessary complex programs have not been implemented, and many initiatives have stalled. They also expressed concerns that Sand Ridge's natural and social endangerment will continue to increase.

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Delays in Territorial Development – Case Study of the Hungarian Sand Ridge Region

Kovács,

Farkas,

Varjú

et al. 2024

Eur. XXI

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“…Lagas et al (2015) used nine indicators to assess regional quality of life in Europe: public services, purchasing power and em-ployment, housing, social environment, natural environment, recreation, health, education, governance. Liargovas and Kratimenou (2020) used a set of the following indicators to monitor the quality of life convergence in the EU: population density, GDP per capita, long-term unemployment, household consumption expenditure per capita and electric power consumption, services, health, education, natural and urban environment, infrastructure. Sanchez-Sellero et al (2021) classified within the subject matter five dimensions of quality of life: subjective component of governance, public services, environment, general satisfaction with life, and socioeconomic issues.…”

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Identification of factors influencing the quality of life in European Union countries evaluated by Principal Component Analysis

Ivanová¹,

Klamár²,

Fecková-Škrabuľáková³

2022

Geographica Pannonica

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In the paper we evaluate the quality of life in European Union countries. The introductory database is made up of 19 variables which, in our view, appropriately capture numerous spheres of human life. The reference date for this data, taken from the Eurostat database is April 10, 2021. The Principal Component Analysis that we have used in this paper is not rare in the conditions of multivariate statistics, however, when evaluating the quality of life, it is not much used. Many authors dealing with the topic take advantage of the traditional questionnaire survey and the points-based approach when analysing data. Our objective was to demonstrate that the Principal Component Analysis can be used in evaluating quality of life, especially if it is necessary to evaluate a significant number of variables and select factors with the highest impact. Apart from the main objective-the identification of factors most impacting the quality of life in European Union countries, we also focused on the comparison of countries as per particular main factors and searched for what caused differences between them. Quality of life is also reflected in the subjective perception of responders' happiness. We were concerned to know whether the evaluated data would indicate that the feeling of happiness increases along with prosperity , or does not depend on growing prosperity at a certain stage.

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Article 162 [Aims of the ESF]

Nyikos

2023

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - A Commentary

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Successes & Failures in EU Cohesion Policy: An Introduction to EU cohesion policy in Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe

Cited by 4 publications

References 95 publications

Delays in Territorial Development – Case Study of the Hungarian Sand Ridge Region

Delays in Territorial Development – Case Study of the Hungarian Sand Ridge Region

Identification of factors influencing the quality of life in European Union countries evaluated by Principal Component Analysis

Article 162 [Aims of the ESF]

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